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Oliver North Visit - December 7, 2004, 10 am - 12:30 am

FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL AIDE TO PRESIDENT REAGAN OLIVER L. NORTH VISITED MUSEUM

NEW ORLEANS – (Dec 07, 2004) - The National D-Day Museum hosted author
Lt. Col. Oliver North to discuss his work, greet the public and sign copies of his latest book in the Museum’s Louisiana Memorial Pavilion on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2004, the 63rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Museum visitors listen to Oliver North's speech

As a National Security Council aide under the Reagan Administration, Oliver North was involved in planning the rescue of 804 medical students on the island of Grenada and the capture of the hijackers of the cruise ship "Achille Lauro". North is a combat-decorated Marine, founder of a small business, inventor who holds three U.S. patents, syndicated columnist and former candidate for the United States Senate. North also serves as the Honorary Chairman of the Freedom Alliance, the conservative public policy organization he founded in 1990.

Cindy McCurdy, National D-Day Museum Director of Marketing and Administration, and Sam Wegner, Vice President, Operations, present Mr. Oliver North with a framed photograph and series of 3 stills from the filming of the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima.

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